Can ‘Black Panther’ Fend Off ‘Tomb Raider’ for Fifth Straight Weekend at #1?

This weekend, Disney and Marvel’s Black Panther will become only the seventh film to have ever topped $600 million at the domestic box office.

Like last weekend, however, the one question that lingers is whether or not it will be able to retain the #1 spot yet again, becoming the first film since Avatar to top the weekend box office five straight weekends in a row.

Standing in its way is Warner Bros.’s release of Tomb Raider, and the race looks like it will be a close one.

Meanwhile, fellow new wide releases include Fox’s Love, Simon and Roadside’s I Can Only Imagine while Focus will debut 7 Days in Entebbe in a moderate number of theaters.

Last weekend we bet against Black Panther remaining the #1 film in North America, expecting more from Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time than it could ultimately deliver while Panther exceeded our expectations.

This weekend it

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